Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-17
THE STATE FAIR.
CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE EX.
POSITION.
The Pavilion Exhibits-The Race
Yesterday-To-day Pro-
gramme-Music.

good. and the interest Oh Tue People ie'
mains undated At he Pavilion especial
attention is given to the county exhibits
In one of them, that of Placer, is an ex-
hibit OF fruit that has become center oil
curiosity and. inquiry. 1t is an assorted
lot Of ripe fruit that was gathered in the
first week i'll August, but is still sound and
sweet. Ii was treated by the Allegreti pro-
cess to arrest decay. If it is all that is
claimed for it, the fruit-shipment problem
is no longer at all unsoiyed, and fruit in
terests in California will advance vastly in
importance and value.
There were no special features at the
Pavilion yesterday. As the fair was sus-
pended until l T. NJ il was but half day
of fair. and the receipts reflected it, being
81. 573 %, slightly less than the income for
the corresponding day last year. The mu-
sic by the First Artillery band last night
was especially fine, the execution OF the
numbers denoting that feeling on the part
of the players that constitutes true express
sion. The programme for tonight will
be:
March Palmer House Pettee
d Sullivan
Waltz Autograph Strauss
Grand selection, III Trovatoie with anvil :.
ace9m pam n,iisnc oos erIi
0VTRgt Ge by Messrs coyie and
shOttische. Rural Thoughts .......J. C; Casey
Overture, lie Tambour du Garde "....I Till
March characteristique. " The Jolly Copper
smith Moses
Galop, " Dynamite Muller
THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN.
In the Art Department there is much
which must have distinct notice, and which
it is the intention to give. Prominent in
this department is the exhibition made by
the Sacramento School of Design, con
Quoted in the City's (E. B. Crocker) Art
Gallery by the California Museum Associa.
ton, w. f. Jackson, Chief Instructor The
school, public institution in which Sacra-
mentans take commendable pride is near.
ing the close of its second year. 1t has
solved the question whether an art school
on pretentious scale could be founded in
the interior. Unquestionably at this fair
the schools showing is the best general
display in one entry in the Art Department,
and is therefore strong claimant for the
gold medal of that department. The ex-
hibit will be found in the northwest corner
of the Art Gallery. 1t is an Enclosure
opening by three graceful arches crowned
by handsome cornice, the whole done in
soft, dark goods. Inside the niche is fine
cast selected from the statuarv hall of the
school, an exact reproduction of the
famous antique statue Venus de Medci,"
which stands in the Tribune at Florence.
Its proportions are deemed the model OF
perfection, and the most celebrated stan
dard of the female form extant. Itwas the
work of Cleomenes, the Athenian, the son
of Apollodorus. He iiourished between 200
and $50 B. e. The statue is 4 feet IL inches
in hight, and is of exquisite proportions
and perfect contour. There are also placed
in the niche copies of Michael Angeles
Slave and the busts of Paris " and a
cupid. The Enclosure is tastefully dressed,
the background being of graceful drapery
and the floor relieved by heavy rugs. The
whole is intended to give something of a
glimpse into the corner OF an artists studio.
Upon easels and upon the walls. disposed
with charming ease and unstudied careless
ness, are works of the pupils of the /" Day
class" These include, first, charcoal
and crayon drawings from casts, all
of which are good; there is not one,
indeed, which is not OF the better order OF
that class of art work they reflect the high
SoL SASNlI tpOii lHc pupllo, cNc4y Ouc Vi
whom began correct study of this kind OF
work in this school. Second, still life
studies in oil, such as brass kettle over
turned, with apples rolling out; large
flower pot with hens nest of straw, and
containing eggs; vases of flowers, fish,
game, shells and variety of similar studies.
In light and shade effects, in which anna
teurs so generally fail, these studies are
notably good. 1t is clearly evident that
the instructors have enforced study and
painstaking in this respect, and as a result
have won the highest success. There is
feeling in every piece and that is all there
is in any good picture. The artists have
caught nature and transferred il TO canvas
with such effect as to evoke instant COM
mandatory recognition by those who know
least of the methods and details by which
the end is attained, and this is OF
the highest tribute that can be maid
to art work. 1t is pleasure to invite atten-
ton to these works by pupils still in training
in the school, and to challenge for Them fair.
minded criticism, believing that they will
command admiration by their merits
Third: VIII be noticed number OF
sketches i'll oil. in charcoal and pencil
The views are all suburban TO Sacramento
and will readily be recognized by residents
They are meritoriOus as a whole, and some
of them are OF superior excellence as works
of sketch class that has made excursions
we are informed, in but little more than
two terms of three months each. A plaque
of photographs made by Instructor Jack,
son of the sketch class at work, is a pleas.
ing ornament in the adornment of The
niche. The School of Design, judged by
the works here shown, has demonstrated
its right to exist, and its claim upon the
people for the scholarships essential TO its
continuance.